No Tyvek Under Aluminum Siding

Dupont tyvek goes on the wood sheets and is covered up by a waterproof siding shingles.

No tyvek under aluminum siding.

Tyvek was used underneath very poorly installed. For example when the gable end of a garage is attached to the gable end of a 2 story house. 02 10 2009 at 02 20 pm. Vinyl siding is one of if not the most popular exterior cladding for residential homes.

In this application the garage roof shingles are step flashed against the sidewall sheathing of the house. In cold climates snow will drift and collect at the point where the garage roof joins the sidewall of the house. Several areas where the tyvek had shrunk and torn mainly at window corners. If tyvek is a good idea or not depends on where you are.

Roofing felt seals around the nail after it heats up. There is no logical reason not to have house wrap under vinyl siding and many authorities strongly agree that it should be viewed as mandatory even if your local building codes don t necessarily require it. It is waterproof but allows smaller water vapor droplets through. I am not the original owner.

This requires priming all surfaces including the back and. I just discovered there is no tyvek or tar paper under the vinyl siding there is just the plywood. Tyvek is like goretex a la mountain jackets but for houses. During a recent repair to our siding we found that the house had no building wrap tyvek under the siding.

It seems that we have two options. I m sure we are losing heat cold compared to if we had tyvek. The second would be to blow insulation into the walls. It is relatively easy to care for has a.

I believe the siding is original to the house and thought some sort of vapor mositure barrier would be code in ct. I own a 1979 colonial that is vinyl sided. This explains why the house does not retain heat. Yes tyvek drainwrap can be used under cedar siding.

I just finished removing some vinyl siding installed in 1987. One would be to remove the siding wrap the house and then reside it. It is recommended that the cedar siding be installed per manufacturer s guidelines and recommendations by wood siding associations such as the western red cedar lumber association. The barrier prevents wind driven moisture and when a nail is sealed it acts as a much smaller hole then if there was no tyvek.